1968–69 Four Hills Tournament
In 1969, Norwegian Bjørn Wirkola became the first person to win the Four Hills Tournament three times in a row. He was the fifth athlete to win the first three events, but yet again the 'Grand Slam' was denied, this time by Wirkola's closest rival Jiří Raška. It was a disappointing tournament for the two host nations with the best athlete from either being Reinhold Bachler, finishing 11th overall.
Four Hills Tournament | |||||||
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Venues | Schattenbergschanze, Bergiselschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze | ||||||
Location | Germany, Austria | ||||||
Dates | 29 December 1968 | – 5 January 1969||||||
Competitors | 76 from 14 nations | ||||||
Medalists | |||||||
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Participating nations and athletes[]
For the first time in seven years, no non-European nations participated. The national groups of Germany and Austria only competed at the two events in their respective countries.
Nation | Number of Athletes | Athletes |
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5 (+5) | , Günther Göllner, , , National Group: Alfred Grosche, , Ralph Pöhland, Sepp Schwinghammer, Alfred Winkler |
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11 (+3) | Reinhold Bachler, , Max Golser, , , Sepp Lichtenegger, , , , , National Group: , , |
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7 | Ladislav Divila, Rudolf Höhnl, Zbyněk Hubač, Karel Kodejška, Jan Matouš, Jiří Raška, František Rydval |
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7 | , Horst Queck, Manfred Queck, , Rainer Schmidt, , |
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3 | , Topi Mattila, Juhani Ruotsalainen |
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4 | , , Alain Macle, Gilbert Poirot |
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3 | László Gellér, Mihály Gellér, |
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3 | Giacomo Aimoni, , |
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3 | Lars Grini, , Jan Olaf Roaldset, Bent Tomtum, Bjørn Wirkola |
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2 | , Ryszard Witke |
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5 | Vladimir Belousov, Aleksandr Ivannikov, Gariy Napalkov, , Anatoliy Zheglanov |
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3 | , Thord Karlsson, Olle Martinsson |
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4 | , Hans Schmid, Heribert Schmid, , Sepp Zehnder |
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6 | Vinko Bogataj, Branko Dolhar, , Marjan Mesec, Peter Štefančič, Ludvik Zajc |
Results[]
Oberstdorf[]
Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf
29 December 1968[1]
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
218.7 |
2 | ![]() |
215.7 |
3 | ![]() |
210.5 |
4 | ![]() |
210.1 |
5 | ![]() |
209.9 |
6 | ![]() |
205.4 |
7 | ![]() |
199.9 |
8 | ![]() |
199.7 |
9 | ![]() |
199.3 |
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199.3 |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen[]
Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1 January 1969[2]
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
241.2 |
2 | ![]() |
235.4 |
3 | ![]() |
233.8 |
4 | ![]() |
233.6 |
5 | ![]() |
232.3 |
6 | ![]() |
228.4 |
7 | ![]() |
226.5 |
8 | ![]() |
222.1 |
9 | ![]() |
221.8 |
10 | ![]() |
221.2 |
Innsbruck[]
Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck
4 December 1969[3]
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
236.3 |
2 | ![]() |
235.5 |
3 | ![]() |
225.9 |
4 | ![]() |
222.6 |
5 | ![]() |
219.9 |
6 | ![]() |
214.1 |
7 | ![]() |
212.4 |
8 | ![]() |
212.2 |
9 | ![]() |
210.8 |
10 | ![]() |
209.7 |
Bischofshofen[]
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen
5 January 1969[4]
Rank | Name | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
234.7 |
2 | ![]() |
228.3 |
3 | ![]() |
222.6 |
4 | ![]() |
219.2 |
5 | ![]() |
218.8 |
6 | ![]() |
211.4 |
7 | ![]() |
211.0 |
8 | ![]() |
209.9 |
9 | ![]() |
208.1 |
10 | ![]() |
207.0 |
Final Ranking[]
Rank | Name | Oberstdorf | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Innsbruck | Bischofshofen | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 924.5 |
2 | ![]() |
2nd | 21st | 2nd | 1st | 900.5 |
3 | ![]() |
11th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 866.0 |
4 | ![]() |
23rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 862.0 |
5 | ![]() |
14th | 3rd | 7th | 8th | 848.2 |
6 | ![]() |
8th | 4th | 19th | 9th | 839.3 |
7 | ![]() |
6th | 15th | 6th | 14th | 838.3 |
8 | ![]() |
4th | 5th | 10th | 30th | 830.8 |
9 | ![]() |
59th | 10th | 4th | 3rd | 812.5 |
10 | ![]() |
7th | 7th | 41st | 7th | 810.8 |
References[]
External links[]
- Four Hills Tournament
- 1968 in ski jumping
- 1969 in ski jumping